Patricia Johnson
Oct 4, 2008
Memorial services for Patricia Johnson, 77, at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 502 Pitkin. Survivors include son, Ivan; daughter-in-law, Kim, and two grandchildren, Yuri and Sara. Preceding in death are her sons, Steven and Duane.
William "Bill" Kirby
Oct 3, 2008
Bill Kirby, 58, finished his race on Earth and began his eternal life in heaven on Oct. 3, 2008 after a sudden heart attack. Bill was born in Marion, Ohio on Nov. 25, 1949, to William Richard Kirby and Ruth Marlene Messenger. He graduated from Marion Catholic High School in 1968 and from San Diego State University in 1973. He...
Robert Kiester
Oct 2, 2008
Robert M. Kiester, 45, of Fort Collins, died Oct. 2, 2008 at the Medical Center of the Rockies. Survivors include his friend, Jeremy Buchanan of Fort Collins. A private service will be held.
Vesta Foster
Oct 1, 2008
Vesta R. Foster died Oct. 1, 2008, in Fort Collins. She was born Vesta Rowene Wood to Walter and Nannie Wood in Greensburg, Kan., on July 3, 1917. Her father was a superin-tendent of schools in Pratt and Junction City, Kan., and her mother a secondary teacher. Vesta lived through the Dust Bowl in Kansas, the Great Depression, World War...
Ellaine Whitcomb
Sep 25, 2008
Ellaine Whitcomb, 82, of Cheyenne, Wyo., died Sept. 25, 2008, at Cheyenne Hospice. Mrs. Whitcomb was born on July 13, 1926 in National City, Calif., to Curtis L. Oliver and Evelyn Berry Oliver. She married F.L. "Lee" Whitcomb on Oct. 12, 1947, in Berrien Springs, MI. Ellaine lived in Fort Collins, Loveland, Morrill, Neb., and Cheyenne. She was a homemaker...
Cesar Garza, Iii
Sep 24, 2008
Our beloved father, husband, brother, and son, Cesar Alfonzo Garza, the III, was called home to be with our Lord on the 24th of Sept., 2008. He was surpassed in death by his biological father, Cesar Garza II. Cesar is survived by his wife, Samantha; and five children, Alfonzo, Sonia, Katie, Nicole, Jericha Garza. He was also survived by many...
Harold Fisher
Sep 24, 2008
Harold S. Fisher of Fort Collins, died Sept. 24, 2008, at Lemay Avenue Health. Harold was born near Timnath on May 16, 1923, to Clifford O. and Alice S. Fisher. After graduating from Fort Collins High School, he served in the U.S. Army as a radar operator in the South Pacific during World War II. He married Catherine I. Spurgeon...
Diane Leslie Moore
Sep 22, 2008
Diane Leslie Moore moved on to less painful climes on Sept. 22, 2008. She was a powerhouse of humor, labor and simple enjoyment in being alive. She had a way of popping back up after being knocked down, time and again. She had a way of turning the general roughness of her life into hilarity and drama, telling personal stories...
Santiaga "Josie" Cordova
Sep 22, 2008
Santiaga "Josie" Cordova was born on July 25, 1923, to Mollesio Asevedo and Isabel Garcia in Rocky Ford, she then moved to Fort Collins, Colorado at the age of 16. She was called by the lord on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Survivors include seven children, Barbara Knipple Ron Sr., Patrick Cordova Sr. Sue, Margaret Delarosa John, Ernestine Gonzales Fred, Pita...
Dorothy Bachman
Sep 20, 2008
Dorothy E. Bass Bachman was born in Clay County, Ill., to Bertha and Lewis Golden. She passed away from this life at the age of 85 on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, at the Spring Creek Nursing Facility in Fort Collins. Dorothy married Norton A. Bass in 1940. They lived most of their married life in the Laporte and Waverly areas....
Wynona "Noni" Penfold
Sep 19, 2008
Wynona Marie "Noni" Penfold died Friday, Aug. 22 after complications from heart problems. She was born in Marshall, Mo., Nov. 18, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rigdon. A brother, Harold Fred Rigdon preceded her in death. A sister, Ruth A. Moore lives in Colorado Springs. The Penfolds were married Sept. 11, 1954. She is survived by her husband, Dr....
Inez Garcia
Sep 17, 2008
Inez Garcia, 78, of Loveland, passed away on Sept. 17, 2008. Inez was born in Texas on Feb. 21, 1930. In July of 1949, she married Isaias Garcia and they spent 59 wonderful years together. She enjoyed most in life, the company of her children and grandchildren. She will be missed by her husband, Isaias Garcia; children, Becky George Peterson,...
Rosie Gonzales
Sep 16, 2008
Rosalla "Rosie" Maria Gonzales was called home to our Lord on Sept.16, 2008. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends at Banner Thunderbird Hospital in Arizona. Rosie was born Feb. 19, 1931 in Cimarron, N. M., to Maria Armijo and Frutoso Montoya. She was raised in Cimarron by her father, Abel Jose Sanchez and mother, Catalina Blea. Rosie...
Lucille Van Why
Sep 16, 2008
Lucille Ethel Shaw Van Why, age 90, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at Castle Rock Assisted Living, Castle Rock CO. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M, September 22, at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 1709 West Elizabeth, Fort Collins. Interment will be at the Roselawn Cemetery at 2718 E. Mulberry, Fort Collins. Reverend Rich Fennig will officiate. Lucille...
Ruth Mcgrew
Sep 15, 2008
Ruth Marie Anderson McGrew, 88, of Wellington, formerly of Walden, died at home on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. She was born Aug. 12, 1920 in LaPorte, to John and Johannah Rudolph Anderson, the third of four children and only daughter. She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, Robert, Glen and Johnny; and her husband, Kenneth McGrew. Ruth...
Cecil King
Sep 15, 2008
Cecil W. King, 77, of Fort Collins, died unexpectedly on Aug. 18, 2008, in a car accident returning home from a family reunion in Minnesota. Mr. King was born in Westover, Pa., on Aug. 15, 1931. He was the son of Paul and Willeta King. He married Martha Schrom in 1959, in Los Angeles, Calif. Cecil and Martha had one...
Herman Paul
Sep 15, 2008
Herman Frank Paul, 84 of Windsor, passed away on Sept. 15, in the Hospice Care Center at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Herman was born on March 29, 1924, in Gardena, CA, to Herman T. and Dena Rice Paul. He grew up in Idaho Springs, where he graduated from high school in 1942. He entered the U. S. Army in...
Joanne Ehrlich
Sep 11, 2008
Theo JoAnne Ehrlich, 71, of Red Feather Lakes, was called home to be with the Lord on Sept. 11, 2008, at the Hospice of Larimer County Unit at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Mrs. Ehrlich fought a long and courageous fight with breast cancer. Mrs. Ehrlich was born on Sept. 30, 1936, in Denver to Ralph Darrow and Thelma Stringham...
Alberta Knipple
Sep 9, 2008
In loving memory of Alberta Knipple who passed away on Sept. 9, 2008. She was born on Aug. 21, 1912, living all of her life in the Fort Collins area. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Knipple; daughter, Barbara Jean; and grandson, Tommy John. She is survived by two sons, Larry Knipple of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Ron...
Mary Louise Pellow
Sep 7, 2008
Mary Louise went to be with her maker on Sept. 7, 2008. She is survived by her sister, Alice L. McGrew, and her niece, Sally K. Forman and her husband John W. Forman, all of Fort Collins. She is also survived by her great niece, Heather McKinnon her husband Mark, and their children, Stone and Jade, of Phoenix, Ariz. She...
